Ming Chengzu Zhu Di did have deficiencies in private morality, and there was also a suspicion of ingenuity in succession, but he had made considerable achievements in national merit, which is undeniable. After Zhu Di's death, he was also highly praised in history because of his extremely high achievements in all aspects, but he dealt with Emperor Jianwen's loyal subjects fiercely, which became a stain on his life.
Although Zhu Di won the throne by force, in fact, he can also be remarkable in culture, and the famous "Yongle Canon" is also related to him. However, the emperor naturally did not do it himself, and ordered Xie Jin, Yao Guangxiao, Wang Jing, Zou Ji and others to compile it.
In addition to the above few people, there is one person who is also indispensable, that is, "Zeng Tang", who served as the vice president of the Yongle Grand Ceremony.
This person was born in the fifth year of Hongwu, a native of Yongfeng County, Jiangxi. According to the limited historical data, it can be seen that his family conditions are not good, and somehow, his father did not like him. There may be many reasons for this, but the most likely is that he is a child brought by his mother's remarriage, who is not related to his father by blood, and is naturally disliked by his father.
Of course, there may be other reasons, but there is nothing to investigate at this point. Although his family was poor and unpopular, he was optimistic by nature, and his mind was not focused on self-pity and self-resentment, but on working while reading.
It is said that when he was very young, he came out to help people work to make a living, and when he was free, he stayed up late to study hard, plus he had good talent and strong knowledge, and he had already learned and succeeded when he grew up. It is precisely because of the flexible mind, the composition is like a spring, writing tens of thousands of words never need to type a draft, gradually gained a reputation, was called "Jiangxi Caizi".
After having a talent, "Zeng Tang" wanted to serve the country and improve his family's life, so he participated in the imperial examination and won the high school in one fell swoop. It is said that the session he participated in was the first time that Ming Chengzu Zhu Di opened the subject, so he paid extra attention to personally reading the papers, and when he read his articles, he suddenly felt natural, the words were reasonable, and the words were bright, so he was hand-picked as the first place in the first division.
"Zeng Tang", so he was awarded the Title of Hanlin Cultivator, and for the sake of Shu Jishi, he entered the Wenyuan Pavilion for further study. After that, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, who wanted to test the reserve talents of the country, summoned them out of the Wenyuan Pavilion and took the title of "Tianma Haiqing Song".
In this test, "Zeng Tang" pressed the whole field, won the first place, was rewarded by Zhu Di with many treasures, and called him a model of true talent and practical learning, which entered the eyes of the emperor and began to be reused, allowing him to compile the Yongle Canon.
And "Zeng Tang" is not only talented, but even the amount of alcohol is first-class, which makes Zhu Di admire.
During the reign of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, the country prospered, and many overseas countries submitted to the Ming Dynasty, so foreign envoys were endless, resulting in a grand scene of worship by thousands of dynasties. But once, a foreign envoy, very arrogant, poured down many ministers who came to discuss state affairs, and claimed that he would not get drunk with a thousand cups.
Before the matter was finished, the minister was drunk, which was very embarrassing for the Ming Dynasty. So Ming Chengzu summoned the hundred officials and asked who dared to ask for orders, but none of the hundred officials dared to ask for orders, only the Great Inner Guard, who was willing to ask for orders.
This made Ming Chengzu very angry, but no one in the yangyang country could drink, only one person dared to ask for his life, but his identity was too low, and he became a system, so he made Ming Chengzu hesitate.
At this moment, "Zeng Tang" patted his chest and asked for his life, saying that he was also not drunk with a thousand cups and was not afraid of foreign envoys. Although Ming Chengzu didn't quite believe it, it didn't hurt to try it, so he allowed it.
After that, "Zeng Tang" set up a banquet and invited foreign envoys to drink, but what the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu did not expect was that this drink was three days and three nights, not only did the foreign envoys drink down, Zeng Tang was still awake as ever. Of course, this may be exaggerated by historical data, it is impossible to say that there is nothing at all, and it is estimated that there are three or five points of drunkenness.
It was precisely because of this incident that the hundred officials of the DPRK and China were curious, and they all wanted to measure how much wine Zeng Tang had, while the British Gongzhang Fu found someone to measure his abdomen, and then made a wooden barrel according to the size of his abdomen.
Then invited Zeng Tang to his home for a banquet, during which he drank as much as he drank, he poured as much as he could into the bucket, and after two days and one night, two buckets were already full, zhang fu was shocked and shouted: "It is really a huge amount!" ”
According to historical data, after he returned home, he drank with others, and indeed it was a huge amount, no worse than Li Bai and Wu Songzhi, and even Zhu Di called him a wine champion.